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flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cornstarch

Whole wheat flour adds fiber while cornstarch is often cheaper.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is a cost-effective option.

Wash the sardines under cold water, giving them a good rinse.

Cut off the gills and cut through the belly to clean out the guts.

After gutting, disinfect all surfaces that the fish touched.

Pour lemon juice over the sardines and add water, letting them soak for about two minutes.

Add salt, hot pepper sauce, curry powder, green seasoning, ginger and garlic paste, and white pepper to the sardines and mix well, ensuring the seasoning gets inside the fish.

Coat the marinated sardines in plain flour.

Heat oil in a pan until hot.

Add the sardines to the hot oil and cook for about 2-3 minutes on the first side before flipping.

Flip the sardines and cook for an additional three minutes, being gentle to avoid breaking them.

Baste the sardines with oil to achieve a crispy coating on top.

Once golden, remove the sardines and place them on kitchen paper to drain excess oil.

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